Soaring to New Heights

Our team of artists will transform the three exterior wall spaces of the designated area of the kindergarten wing of Harvard Elementary School into a visual exploration of the air, land and water.   “Soaring to New Heights”, a series of murals will be produced within the designated outdoor area to create the illusions of various real and imaginary outdoor landscapes.

 Within these three scenes we propose to incorporate actual children from Harvard Elementary School within the mural.  This would require posing and photographing a selected number of children from Harvard as subjects for the mural. With consent from each child’s parent(s) or guardian(s) we would pose the children in various flying gestures.  Children will rest on a stool with their arms and legs stretched in the air while our photographer photographs the children from below, creating a worm’s eye view of the flying child.  As seen in the enclosed photographs, the children can be positioned to create the illusion that they are actually flying and we will place these flying figures throughout the three murals along with other flying creatures and machines.

Envision colorful parrots flying over a lush green jungle scene with gleaming children soaring through the air. How about kids flying through a galaxy of stars and planets in a scene of the magnificent universe?  Visualize a 9’x13’ wall painted with the illusion of children flying over an ocean of water full of fish and other aquatic life forms of all shapes, sizes, colors, and species?

These are but a small example of the wonders and beauty that we are willing to produce and create for the children, parents and visitors that will visit the school daily. This public artwork will be an inspiration for generations to come. 

Location: Harvard Elementary School, 810 Harvard. Houston, TX                                                                          

Dimensions: 3 murals:  9'x13'

Medium: Acrylic paint of wood panels with ceramic tile borders. 

Artists: Reginald Adams, Israel Barbosa, Mark Galbreath, Mel De Wees and the kindergarten class of 2001.                                      

Date: work-in-progress

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